cranial index

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cranial index

The ratio of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of the skull, multiplied by 100.

cranial index

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the ratio of the greatest length to the greatest width of the cranium, multiplied by 100: used in comparative anthropology Compare cephalic index

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cranial index - ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skull

breadth index, cephalic index

ratio - the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)

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